SamplingIdLayer.cpp

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#include <memory>
#include <random>

#include "Layer.h"

namespace paddle {

/**
 * @brief A layer for sampling id from multinomial distribution from the
 * input layer. Sampling one id for one sample. The result is stored in
 * output_.ids.
 *
 * The config file api is sampling_id_layer.
 */
class SamplingIdLayer : public Layer {
  /// Produces random floating-point values, uniformly distributed on [0, 1).
  std::uniform_real_distribution<double> rand1_;
  std::vector<Argument> tmpCpuInput_;

public:
  explicit SamplingIdLayer(const LayerConfig& config)
      : Layer(config), rand1_(0, 1) {}

  virtual bool init(const LayerMap& layerMap,
                    const ParameterMap& parameterMap) {
    bool ret = Layer::init(layerMap, parameterMap);
    CHECK_EQ(1UL, inputLayers_.size());
    if (useGpu_) {
      tmpCpuInput_.reserve(inputLayers_.size());
      for (size_t i = 0; i < inputLayers_.size(); i++) {
        tmpCpuInput_.push_back(Argument());
      }
    }
    return ret;
  }

  void forward(PassType passType) {
    Layer::forward(passType);
    if (useGpu_) {
      for (size_t i = 0; i < inputLayers_.size(); i++) {
        tmpCpuInput_[i].resizeAndCopyFrom(getInput(i), false, HPPL_STREAM_1);
      }
      forwardImp(tmpCpuInput_[0]);
    } else {
      forwardImp(getInput(0));
    }
  }

  void forwardImp(const Argument& input) {
    size_t batchSize = input.getBatchSize();
    IVector::resizeOrCreate(output_.ids, batchSize, useGpu_);
    real* buf = input.value->getData();
    int dim = input.value->getWidth();
    std::vector<int> ids(batchSize);
    auto& reng = ThreadLocalRandomEngine::get();
    for (size_t i = 0; i < batchSize; ++i) {
      double r = rand1_(reng);
      int id = dim - 1;
      for (int j = 0; j < dim; ++j) {
        if ((r -= buf[i * dim + j]) < 0) {
          id = j;
          break;
        }
      }
      ids[i] = id;
    }
    output_.ids->copyFrom(ids.data(), batchSize);
  }

  virtual void backward(const UpdateCallback& callback) {}
};

REGISTER_LAYER(sampling_id, SamplingIdLayer);

}  // namespace paddle